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More humane ways to kill laboratory mice
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is often used to euthanize laboratory rodents at the end of a research study. A growing body of research has shown that CO2 is aversive to mice and rats. Inhalant anaesthetics, like isoflurane, are a humane alternative to CO2 for rendering animals unconscious. This allows for a two-step procedure: rodents are first […]
Zebrafish research featured in PLoS ONE’s favorite articles of 2014
A recent paper by AWP alumna Devina Wong, Nina von Keyserlingk, Jeffrey Richards, and Dan Weary was highlighted as a favorite article in 2014 by PLoS ONE editors. This honor was bestowed on just 13 articles published in the journal in 2014. See the list here. Please join us in congratulating Devina and colleagues!